mia

Origin:
Scandinavian

Meaning:
Of the Sea or Bitter

This short, sweet name didn’t really exist (at least, as a given name) until the ’50s and only became more common during the ’90s and ’00s, when it started rapidly rising up the charts. Mia is a pet name for Maria, Mary, Amelia, and many other names -- it’s derived from and popular in almost every language. As for meaning, we’d recommend going with Amelia’s “energetic.” Your other option is the literal Spanish and Italian translation: “mine.” We’ll go out on a limb and say the first is just a little more appealing.